Echinococcus granulosus

Taxonomy: Eukaryota; Opisthokonta; Metazoa; Eumetazoa; Bilateria; Platyhelminthes; Cestoda; Eucestoda; Cyclophyllidea; Taeniidae; Echinococcus

Source: Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute

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Homo sapiensPan troglodytesGorilla gorillaPongo abeliiTarsius syrichtaNomascus leucogenysPapio anubisMacaca mulattaCallithrix jacchusOtolemur garnettiiMicrocebus murinusRattus norvegicusMus musculusDipodomys ordiiIctidomys tridecemlineatusHeterocephalus glaberCavia porcellusOryctolagus cuniculusOchotona princepsTupaia belangeriSus scrofaBos taurusOvis ariesVicugna pacosTursiops truncatusMustela putorius furoAiluropoda melanoleucaCanis familiarisFelis catusEquus caballusMyotis lucifugusPteropus vampyrusSorex araneusErinaceus europaeusProcavia capensisLoxodonta africanaEchinops telfairiDasypus novemcinctusCholoepus hoffmanniMacropus eugeniiSarcophilus harrisiiMonodelphis domesticaOrnithorhynchus anatinusAscaris suum Victoria/GhentSaccoglossus kowalevskiiPetromyzon marinusMeleagris gallopavoGallus gallusAnas platyrhynchosTaeniopygia guttataFicedula albicollisPelodiscus sinensisAnolis carolinensisXenopus laevisXenopus tropicalisLatimeria chalumnaeLepisosteus oculatusGadus morhuaTetraodon nigroviridisTakifugu rubripesGasterosteus aculeatusOryzias latipesXiphophorus maculatusPoecilia formosaOreochromis niloticusAstyanax mexicanusDanio rerioOikopleura dioicaCiona savignyiCiona intestinalisStrongylocentrotus purpuratusOctopus bimaculoidesCrassostrea gigasDanaus plexippusHeliconius melpomeneNasonia vitripennisHarpegnathos saltatorLinepithema humilePogonomyrmex barbatusSolenopsis invictaAcromyrmex echinatiorAtta cephalotesCamponotus floridanusDrosophila suzukiiDrosophila melanogasterMegaselia scalarisAnopheles darlingiAcyrthosiphon pisumRhodnius prolixusStrigamia maritimaTetranychus urticaeIxodes scapularisPristionchus pacificusMeloidogyne incognitaMeloidogyne haplaOnchocerca volvulusBrugia malayiCaenorhabditis japonicaCaenorhabditis brenneriCaenorhabditis remaneiCaenorhabditis elegansTrichinella spiralisHymenolepis microstomaEchinococcus multilocularisTaenia soliumDrosophila willistoniDrosophila erectaDrosophila grimshawiDrosophila sechelliaDrosophila yakubaDrosophila mojavensisDrosophila simulansDrosophila virilisDrosophila persimilisDrosophila ananassaeLottia giganteaHelobdella robustaCapitella sp. IBombyx moriApis melliferaDrosophila pseudoobscuraAedes aegyptiCulex pipiens quinquefasciatusAnopheles gambiaeTribolium castaneumPediculus humanus corporisDaphnia pulexCaenorhabditis briggsaeSchistosoma mansoni
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Echinococcus granulosus, also called the hydatid worm or dog tapeworm, is a cyclophyllid cestode that dwells in the small intestine of canids as an adult, but which has important intermediate hosts such as livestock and humans, where it causes cystic echinococcosis, also known as hydatid disease. The adult tapeworm ranges in length from 3 mm to 6 mm and has three proglottids ("segments") when intact—an immature proglottid, mature proglottid and a gravid proglottid. The average number of eggs per gravid proglottid is 823. Like all cyclophyllideans, E. granulosus has four suckers on its scolex ("head"), and E. granulosus also has a rostellum with hooks. Several strains of E. granulosus have been identified, and all but two are noted to be infective in humans.

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Proteome Quality Index Information

Scoring Method Raw Score Metric Rating
X content 0.1143 0.114289 0.325861
CEG Domain Combination Homology 0.4227 0.422705 0.232800
Percent of Sequences covered 33.0000 1.743140 0.312047
Number of Superfamilies 868.0000 1.785594 0.416822
Average Sequence Length 495.0000 0.309567 0.874588
Average hit length 305.0000 0.038586 0.985141
Number of Families 645.0000 1.648148 0.414387
Number of Unique Architectures 2427.0000 1.522581 0.435790
Percent with Assignment 54.0000 0.754304 0.667479
Percent of sequences in Uniprot 98.3300 98.330000 0.907451
DOGMA 80.1000 80.100000 0.672325

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